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The three agencies on Friday initiated the latest in a pressure campaign on state lawmakers to appropriate more state money.
Laura Fine plan to hold a transit listening session on Monday, as lawmakers in Springfield consider how to manage a massive ...
The RTA—which coordinates funding for Metra, CTA and Pace—wants $1.5 billion to hire more staff to improve service with ...
Chicago's three mass transit agenices have said riders could face 40% service cuts next year without new state funding.
The Regional Transportation Authority, the umbrella agency overseeing CTA, Metra, and Pace, is calling the situation potentially devastating.
Our analysis found 100 full-time employees made twice their annual salary in overtime in a single year, including a ...
The CTA could eliminate half its bus lines, Metra could end service on its Electric Blue Island branch and Pace could cut all weekend bus service under a worst-case scenario the agencies say could ...
More than half of Chicago’s bus routes could be eliminated, at least parts of four “L” lines could be shut down and Metra weekday service would be slashed to once an hour under a ...
The RTA said at least four of eight CTA train lines would be reduced or eliminated next year. Bus service would also be affected. Services on Metra and Pace could also be slashed. CTA would go ...
“And it’s not just Metra; it’s Pace and CTA as well.” The fallout could hurt the regional economy, with nearly 3,000 transit employee layoffs anticipated, and one in five workers in ...